Raul Wants To Block Monuments

Rep. Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, today introduced The National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act, a bill designed to reform the Antiquities Act by restraining unilateral presidential restrictions on federal lands. The bill requires approval by Congress and the legislature of any state with a proposed national monument before the President can formally designate the monument. The legislation also requires Congressional approval and public input before restricting access to public lands in the proposed monument. … “Presidents in both parties have overstepped the original intent of the law,” Labrador said. “In Idaho, the current threat of a presidential designation of a Boulder-White Clouds National Monument has distorted the debate on how to manage those lands. It’s high time that Congress move to restore the balance between the branches”/spokesman Dan Popkey of Congressman Labrador’s office.

Question: Would you like to see President Obama declare the Boulder-White Clouds area as a National Monument?